Walcott Loc. 63a. East base of Ptarmigan Peak (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 80.0° W)

When: Plagiura - Poliella trilobite zone, Mt. Whyte Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. D. Walcott. 1917. Cambrian geology and paleontology, 3, fauna of the Mount Whyte Formation. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67(3):61-114 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225265: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
"Hyolithes billingsi" = Linevitus billingsi
"Hyolithes billingsi" = Linevitus billingsi Walcott 1886
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Bohemiellidae
 Protorthida - Protorthidae
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
"? Ptychoparia cercops" = Plagiura cercops
"? Ptychoparia cercops" = Plagiura cercops Walcott 1917 trilobite
 Ptychopariida -
"Crepicephalus cecinna" = Hadrocephalites cecinna
"Crepicephalus cecinna" = Hadrocephalites cecinna Walcott 1917 trilobite